State Ex Rel. Neal v. Hamilton Circuit Court

On July 19, 1965, the Honorable Edward New, Jr., Judge of the Hamilton Circuit Court, filed a cita tion for indirect criminal contempt against the relators, Jim Neal and the Noblesville Daily Ledger. The citation charged the newspaper, under the by-line of Jim Neal, of printing a “disdainful, despicable, scurrilous and .contemptuous article about this court. . . .” Thereafter, the regular judge submitted names for the selection of a special judge. The special judge having failed to act, a panel was submitted for the parties to strike, and thereupon the Honorable Robert S. Webb was selected as…